The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marco Looijen took 2nd of 35 in the 50–54 age group at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:14:54.
A station race more than a running one: 88% of the field beaten on the stations, against 65% on the runs. The wall balls were where this race was made, 1:55 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:54 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Rotterdam gained about 1:19. That was 1:13 off the time at Mechelen 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:14Running 1 4:50v median −0:03
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Block 02 6:46Running 2 4:38v median −0:05
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Block 03 7:48Running 3 4:38v median −0:24
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Block 04 9:45Running 4 4:43v median −0:24
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Block 05 9:17Running 5 4:45v median −0:25
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Block 06 6:37Running 6 4:54v median −0:12
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Block 07 8:44Running 7 4:48v median −0:20
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Block 08 11:24Running 8 5:50v median −0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:26
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 550
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 550 men who finished.